Illinois Route 184
State highway in Franklin County, Illinois, US
Illinois Route 184 is a 5.87-mile (9.45 km) state road in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois located entirely within Franklin County. It runs from Illinois Route 149 in Royalton north to Illinois Route 14 in Mulkeytown. Route 184 is maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Route description
Route 184 begins at an intersection with Route 149 in Six Mile Township north of Royalton. The route continues north through farmland, passing occasional buildings. It meets County Route 14 before intersecting County Route 30 at the border of Tyrone Township. Route 184 continues north to Mulkeytown, where it terminates at Illinois Route 14; the road continues northward as County Route 38. Route 184 is a two-lane surface road for its entire length.
History
Route 184 was established in 1924 along its current route. It was first marked on the 1929 Illinois highway map.
“Illinois Route 184” enters the record as state highway in Franklin County, Illinois, US. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Illinois, Route and State can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1067730. Authority coordinates are 37.935, -89.115. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1924 and 1929.
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This entry incorporates text from “Illinois Route 184” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.